Hame-connector.



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HAME CONNECTOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 15, 1912.

1,083,870, Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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Thomas Suchla I mfiwajm COLUMBIA PLANQGRAPH co. WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

THOMAS SUOI-ILA, 0F COURTENAY, NORTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN SMIEJA, 0FROYALTON, MINNESOTA.

HAME-CONNEGTOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SUoHLA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Courtenay, in the county of Stutsman and State of NorthDakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hame-Connectors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hame connectors and the object of theinvention is to provide a simple and efficient device whereby the endsof the hames may be rapidly connected and drawn together in properrelation, and whereby the device may be adjusted so as to accommodatethe hames to collars of different sizes.

A further ob ect of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter having a strap and hook connection with the ends of theseparate hame members and with means for drawing the ends of the hamestogether after connection between the ends of the members has beenestablished.

Further objects of this invention will appear as the following specificdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the device shown applied to the ends of a pair of hames andshowing in dotted lines the position of the device when disconnectedfrom one end. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the deviceremoved from the hame. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the device inopen position.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 and 2 represent theseparate ends of the hame members to be connected together.

My improved device for connecting the ends consists of an upper member 4having side flanges 5 and a pair of slots 6 and 7 in its top separatedto produce a bridge bar 8 having a depending forwardly extending tongue9, as shown. The forward end of the device is provided with an inwardlyor downwardly turned lug 10 and is apertured at 11 to receive a hookmember 12. This hook member is provided with a plurality of slots 13adapted to engage the lug 10 so that the hook member may be adjustedupon the member 4. This hook member is adapted to Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed May 15, 1912.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

Serial No. 697,501.

engage one of the strap loops 3, as shown in Fig. 1.

Pivoted to the flanges 5 is the bottom member 1 1, whose legs areconnected together by a bridge piece 16 having an illwardly or upwardlyextending tongue 17. This bridge piece is separated from the connectingend by a slot 19 through which the strap 20 is adapted to pass. Thisstrap is engaged with the tongue 17 at one end and with the tongue 9 atthe opposite end, being adjustable at both points as will be readilyunderstood. The upper member st is provided with an inwardly andrearwardly curled lip 21 over which is adapted to engage an upwardly andrearwardly curled lip 22 carried by the end 18. The lips 21 and 22 areso arranged that the latter will snap over the former and hold the partsfirmly in the position shown in Fig. 1.

The hook member 12 is held with the lug 10 in engagement with theapertures 13 thereof by means of the locking pin 23 which passes throughan aperture in the lug 10 and has its end seated in the aperture 24formed in one of the flanges 5. The end of this locking pin is bent toextend around the lug 10 so as to prevent its disengagement therefrom.The device may be attached to one end of the hames by inserting thestrap 20 through the loop 3 and then passing the same through the slots6 and 7 so as to bring the tongue 9 into position to enter one of theapertures in the strap. The hook mem ber 12 is then engaged with theloop on the opposite member and the member 14L moved so as to bring thelip 23 over the lip 21. This will draw the parts of the hames togetherso that they will be firmly clamped on the collar.

What is claimed is:

A hame connector comprising a pair of upper and lower members pivotedtogether at one end and slotted adjacent the free ends thereof, saidupper member having a top and side walls, means for removably securingthe free ends of the members together, a strap connected to the free endof the lower member and to the pivoted end of the upper member, anupwardly extending tongue formed on the lower member, said upper memberhaving formed integral therewith at a point adj aeent the free endthereof an inwardly extending apertured lug, said lug being disposedsubstantially in vertical alinement with said tongue, an apertured hameengaging hook extending through the slot of said upper member andadapted to receive said lug, one of the side walls of the upper memberhaving an aperture, and a locking key extending through the lug andhaving its free end arranged in the aperture 10 formed in the side wallof said upper member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS SUCHLA. Witnesses:

GEO. E. BRASTRUP, W. S. SCOTT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

